Shadwen

Shadwen is a 3rd person stealth-action game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden - or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight!

Shadwen is a action, stealth and adventure game developed and published by Frozenbyte.
Released on May 17th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,310 reviews of which 1,003 were positive and 307 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 3.73€ on Steam and has a 78% discount.

The Steam community has classified Shadwen into these genres:

Action Stealth Adventure Female Protagonist Assassin Medieval Singleplayer Third Person Physics Time Manipulation Level Editor Atmospheric Crafting Strategy Puzzle Indie Open World Action-Adventure Dark Great Soundtrack

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: (64 bit / 32 bit *) Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista
Processor: Intel Core i3/i5/i7 1.8 GHz CPU dual-core. AMD 2.0 GHz dual-core.
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 260 / Radeon HD 4000 Series / Intel HD Graphics 4000
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 6 GB available space
Additional Notes: * Highest graphics detail levels are only available in 64 bit OS

MacOS

OS: OS X version Mavericks 10.9, or later. Note that Shadwen only works on a 32-bit operating system.
Processor: Intel Mac
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 4.1
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: Keyboard, Mouse/Trackpad with Secondary click enabled. *NOTE: Please be advised that Shadwen does not run on older MacBooks. Requires at least Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better. All Macs produced since Late 2013 are able to run the game.

Linux

OS: steamOS 2.0 (64bit)
Processor: Intel quad-core 2.0 GHz or dual-core 2.6 GH
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 4.1 Nvidia GTX 650 or greater
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: Shadwen runs best with proprietary drivers and may not function correctly with open source drivers. Please note that Shadwen might not work correctly on all Linux distributions.

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

One of the best stealth games I have played. Good gameplay, good history... Is a great game in general terms.

Nov. 2024

I imagine the Plague Tales games had a lot of influence from Shadwen. A female protaganist and a child companion with similar stealth missions to Plague Tales in dark cities with deadly guards wandering about. The difference to Plague Tales is the time stop and reversal (similar to the game "Iron Danger"), used when you mess up and die, which is so much better than restarting the level. And also the protaganist has a rope gun (like in Dishonored) to spiderman along the rooftops. The tutorial is in my humble opinion is the hardest level in the game, with an obstacles course more difficult than anything else you will encounter. The controls and time reversal feel super weird initially but do grow easier to use as the game progresses. I could see many players quitting in the first level for these reasons, but if you get thru the early stages, the game truly becomes highly enjoyable. Spoiler Alert: There is no end boss fight, which is disapointing; sneaking thru the final room ends the game. If you like boss fights, this game is not for you. If you love stealth then I recommend Shadwen. It's fun.

Aug. 2024

Uh Mazing! A great stealth game where you move quickly in the shadows! In 3d too! Also comes with a neat level editor! I admit the guards are a bit dumb but this is a very fun game with a great great story! Rating 8/10

May 2024

Very fun little game, with a really good pacifist route. Its basically a stealth puzzle platformer where your job is to run around the levels and distract guards to clear a route for your little girl companion. It may sound like a long escort mission but the little girl is invincible/invisible tot he guards and her AI is pretty good as long as you create a route for her. Its a stealth game that really focuses on manipulating guards and running away from guards rather than just hiding from them. You can also kill them if you want to but the pacifist route is really fun. The character has very good movement and is basically a parkour acrobat. The plot is very generic and the levels get pretty repetitive so I've had to take breaks and play it across multiple sessions, but the core gameplay loop is very fun. Haven't finished it yet but I think it will last about 4-5 hours.

Jan. 2024

Purchased for a steep discount. Overall very well done, high production values. Stealth mechanics were easy to understand and use; grappling hook mechanics were not as easy to use; crafting and upgrades basically weren't necessary at all in my session (played to completion). I didn't find any situations that required use of the crafted equipment, and I think that was a missed opportunity in design. Feels like the equipment was an add-on and not wholly incorporated into gameplay, could have been cut and the game still would have been good. Progression overall was fairly flat, the situations became a bit more difficult but not more clever or substantially more interesting, but still generally enjoyable. AI was well done overall, some clever work there in making the NPCs feel intelligent. Nice light storytelling, One of the smartest things the designers added is the merciful "rewind time" mechanic that effectively makes the game a no-fail experience and able to be completed in 6 - 10 hours. I think my session time was 16 hours but I left the game on overnight :) Nice job, developers.

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-78% 16.99€ 3.73€

7.4

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Developer

Frozenbyte

Publisher

Frozenbyte

Release 17 May 2016

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